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1. The slope of the line touching both the parabola y 2  4 x and x 2   32y is: [2014]

1 3 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 8 3

2. Given a circle, 2x 2  2y 2  5 and a parabola, y 2  4 5 x . [2012]

Statement 1: An equation of a common tangent to these curves is y  x  5 .

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Statement 2: if the line, y  mx 
m
m  0  is the common tangent, then m satisfies

m 4  3m 2  2  0 .

(A) Statement1 is correct, statement 2 is correct; statement 2 is a correct explanation for statement1
(B) Statement1 is correct, statement 2 is correct; Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for
statement1
(C) Statement1 is correct, statement 2 is incorrect
(D) Statement1 is incorrect, statement 2 is correct

x2 y2
3. The equation of the circle passing the foci of the ellipse   1 and having centre at (0, 3) is:
16 9

(A) x 2  y 2  6y  7  0 (B) x 2  y 2  6y  7  0 [2013]

(C) x 2  y 2  6y  5  0 (D) x 2  y 2  6y  5  0

4. The area (in sq units) of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents at the end point of the latera recta to

x2 y2
the ellipse   1 is: [2015]
9 5
27 27
(A) (B) 18 (C) (D) 27
4 2

5. Define the collection {E1, E 2 , E 3 ,......} of ellipses and {R1, R2 , R3 ,......} of rectangles as follows:

x 2 y2
E1 :   1;
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R1 : rectangle of largest area, with sides parallel to the axes, inscribed in E1;

x2 y2
En : ellipse   1 of largest area inscribed in Rn 1, n  1.
an2 bn2

Then which of the following options is/are correct?

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 N
(A)  (area of Rn ) < 24, for each positive integer N [2019]
n 1

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(B) The distance of a focus from the centre in E 9 is
32
(C) The eccentricities of E18 and E19 are NOT equal

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(D) The length of latus rectum of E 9 is
6

6. If the tangent at (1,7) to the curve x 2  y  6 touches the circle x 2  y 2  16 x  12y  c  0 then the value

of c is:
(A) 95 (B) 195 (C) 185 (D) 85 [2018]

7. Tangents are drawn to the hyperbola 4 x 2  y 2  36 at the points P and Q. If these tangents intersect at

the point T(0,3), then the area (in sq. unit) of PTQ is:

(A) 36 5 (B) 45 5 (C) 54 3 (D) 60 3 [2018]

8. Tangent and normal are drawn at P(16, 16) on the parabola y 2  16 x , which intersect the axis of the

parabola at A and B, respectively. If C is the centre of the circle through the points, P, A and B and
CPB  , then a value of tan  is:
4 1
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D) 3 [2018]
3 2

9. If  is one of the angles between the normals to the ellipse, x 2  3y 2  9 at the points

  2cot 
3 cos ,   
3 sin  and 3 sin , 3 cos  ;    0,  , then is equal to:
 2 sin 2

1 2 3
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D)
3 3 4

10. If the tangent drawn to the hyperbola 4y 2  x 2  1 intersect the co-ordinate axes at the distinct points A

and B, then the locus of the mid-point of AB is:

(A) 4 x 2  y 2  16x 2y 2  0 (B) 4 x 2  y 2  16 x 2y 2  0

(C) x 2  4y 2  16 x 2y 2  0 (D) x 2  4y 2  16 x 2y 2  0

11. Two parabolas with a common vertex and with axes along x-axis and y-axis respectively, intersect each
other in the first quadrant. If the length of the latus rectum of each parabola is 3, then the equation of
the common tangent to the two parabolas is:
(A) 4 (x  y )  3  0 (B) 8 (2x  y )  3  0 (C) 3 ( x  y )  4  0 (D) x  2y  3  0

12. Tangents drawn from the point (-8,0) to the parabola y 2  8x touch the parabola at P and Q. If F is the

focus of the parabola, then the area of the triangle PFQ (in sq. units) is equal to:
(A) 24 (B) 64 (C) 32 (D) 48

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13. A normal to the hyperbola, 4 x 2  9y 2  36 meets the co-ordinate axes x and y at A and B, respectively.

If the parallelogram OABP (O being the origin) is formed, then the locus of P is:

(A) 9x 2  4y 2  169 (B) 4 x 2  9y 2  121 (C) 4 x 2  9y 2  121 (D) 9x 2  4y 2  169

14. Let P be a point on the parabola, x 2  4y. If the distance of P from the centre of the circle,

x 2  y 2  6 x  8  0 is minimum, then the equation of the tangent to the parabola at P, is:

(A) x  4y  2  0 (B) x  y 1  0 (C) x y  3  0 (D) x  2y  0

15. If the length of the latus rectum of an ellipse is 4 units and the distance between a focus and its nearest
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vertex on the major axis is units, then its eccentricity is:
2
1 2 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 9 2

16. The locus of the point of intersection of the lines, 2x  y  4 2k  0 and 2kx  ky  4 2  0

(k is any non-zero real parameter), is:

(A) A hyperbola with length of its transverse axis 8 2
(B) A hyperbola whose eccentricity is 3
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(C) An ellipse whose eccentricity is
3

(D) An ellipse with length of its major axis 8 2

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